Bridle-bit.



PATENTED MAR. .24, 1903-.

H. H. MLoNI VEN.

BRIDLB BIT.

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UNITED STATES HARRY H. MACNIVEN, OF

BREED SVILLE, MICHIGAN.

BRIDLE-BIT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 24, 1908.

Application filed August 3, 1907. Serial No. 386,965.

'10 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, HARRY I-I. MAONIVEN, citizen of the United States,residing at Breedsville, in the county of Van Buren and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBridle-Bits, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object a sim le and efficient construction ofbridle bit which will be durable and easy on thehorses mouth, theinvention relating particularly to that type of bits which embody acovering of leather or are composed entirely of leather, the presentinvention consisting of a bit of this type which is composed entirely ofleather except for a preferably spring steel stiffening bar which willprovide for a slight spring to the bit and make it much easier on thehorse than an iron covered bit.

The invention also consists in certain constructions and arrangements ofthe parts that I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the means foreffecting the result, reference is to be had to the followingdescription and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved bridle bit. Fig. 2 is ahorizontal sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional viewon the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

In the manufacture of my improved bridle bit, I take a stiffening bar 1,preferably of spring steel and place on either side thereof inner strips2 of leather. An outer stri 3 is bent upon itself to embrace the twoinner strips 2 and their inclosed stiffening bar 1, I

the ends of said outer strip being feathered and overla ped as indicatedat 4 and the strip being ooped or curved around the rein rings 5, asclearly illustrated in the drawings,

Preferably two rows of stitching are used to secure the strips together,said stitching being designated 6 and extending longitudinally of thebit on both sides and close to the stiffening bar 1. Preferably theleather is rounded and finished, after being trimmed,

- by laying the bit in a specially designed mold the parts of which arepressed together so as to make thebit perfectly round and smooth as wellas hard and solid.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, it will be seen that I have provided a very simple form ofleather bit which embodies a spring bar 1 which is for the sole purposeof stiffening the bit and rendering the same durable while at the sametime it affords a slight elasticity to the bit and makes it easier onthe horses mouth than the ordinary iron covered bit; and also whichembodies two leather strips between which the stiffening bar 1 isplaced, and a continuous or one-piece outer strip which embraces the twoinner strips 2 and which has its ends scarfed and overlapped so as toproduce a uniform structure. Having thus described the invention, whatis claimed as new is:

The herein described bit, consisting of a spring stiffening bar, twostrips on opposite sides of said stiffening bar, a one-piece outer stripextending along the outer side of one of the inner strips and bent atintermediate points to form sockets for the rein rings, the ends of saidouter strip extending along the outer side of the inner strip and beingscarfed and overlapped, and two rows of stitching extending through allof said strips, the said I rows being located on opposite sides of thestiffening bar and close to the latter.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY H. MAGNIVEN. [L. s.]

Witnesses:

GRAOE MOORE, LETTA O. GAYNOR.

